So My Resolution to Stop Procrastinating...

Failed miserable. Sorry.

Merry (very belated) Christmas!


Faybee xx

Bear Hands

I got some new gloves/mittens from River Island a couple of weeks ago. I really wanted the matching hat as well but it didn't really fit my massive head so I settled for just the gloves. Here they are:

and these are my matching nails

Done with Barry M Cyan Blue, China Glaze White on White & Patent Leather and a really old unknown toffee coloured Barry M nail varnished mixed with the white to make cream.

I think I'll go put those gloves on now to type. It's freezing!


Faybee x

Very Belated Halloween Nails



I didn't mean to abandon my blog but a few days before my last post I started a new job. I'd been out of work for a few months before then and I'm finding it very hard to adjust to the working world again. Office politics in particular :\
I've still been painting my nails although I did go on a nail art hiatus for the first couple of weeks at work until I found out if it was acceptable or not, it seems it's okay so today I've got teddy bears on my nails (I'll upload pictures soon)
These were going to be separate posts over Halloween but I never got round to it so you get them all at once!


Spider Nails

These nails were inspired by the bowl we use for our trick or treat sweeties, close-up -

The big spiders were freehand, the rest were from Bundle Monster BM13 and Konad M28. The purple is China Glaze Spontaneous. The gems (spider backs) and dazzlings (eyes) are from Viva la Nails

Monster Nails

They didn't turn out how they looked in my head so I think they look a bit pants. The green is China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada applied on top of white.


Halloween Ruffian

(The polish isn't 'creased' it's just the reflection from the window blinds)

Done with Eyeko Vampira Polish on top of Eyeko Sacy polish. My first ruffian!


Hope to see you soon,
Faybee x

I <3 You

Done with Diamond Cosmetics South Beach Pink, China Glaze White on White, a dotting tool and paintbrush.

Faybee x

Foody Nails

On Wednesday night I had a meal out with my family since my cousin is moving away. He's got a new job as a chef in a fancy castle restaurant. So these nails are in his honour because he deserves it after all the meals we've enjoyed from him :)

Left Hand:

Thumb – Chef's Hat
Index Finger – Knife
Middle Finger – Onion
Ring Finger – Whisk
Little Finger – Fork


Right Hand:

Thumb – Tomato
Index Finger – Aubergine
Middle Finger – Saucepan
Ring Finger – Little Chef's Hat
Little Finger – Knife

The background was Bundle Monster plate BM16 in Konad SP Blue on both nails.

We ate at The Blue House in Haswell. I had a huuuuge plate of battered peppers with sweet chilli sauce, chips and salad it was yummy!


Faybee x

Stripy Copycat Nails

Hello, long time no see! Since I now have a few millimetres of growth on my nails I'm back on the nail art wagon! And how better to start than by ripping off someone else design and trying out my new striper brush from Sally's (was £8.99 got for £1.19 in sale, bargain!)

I love WAH nails. Their blog is one of my favourite places to go for inspiration. This is the design I copied.

This is my interpretation:

That's Essie Plaza sweet with China Glaze White on White and Barry M Black.
I think I need a bit more practise to get up to WAH level.


Also have you heard WAH and Models Own are collaborating to make their own nail art pens? I am very excited!


Faybee xx


P.S. I promised I'll come up with something myself next time

Ladybird Nails

I've been wanting to do ladybird nails since I saw this tutorial by Michelle from The Lacquer Files.

You can see the full and very easy to follow instructions on the Lacquer Files, for mine I used OPI Off With Her Red! China Glaze Liquid Leather and China Glaze White on White.

Ladybird, Ladybird,

Fly Away Home,

Your House is on Fire

And your children all gone.

Faybee x

Bloggers First Fimo

I still haven't managed to get the knack of cutting fimo canes as thin as they need to be. As a result this design is rather... erm crap.

I definitely need a better blade for cutting them. The one I have now is sharp enough but it's really skinny so I have trouble gripping it.
This design didn't even last 24 hours, the fimo butterflies and flowers were so chunky and sticky out-y I ended picking them all off my nails pretty much as soon as they had dried. I couldn't stop myself.

The colour underneath is George quick dry nail varnish in sunset orange. This is actually my first George varnish because my local Asda doesn't stock it. I bought it when it was offer for only £1. For that price I wasn't expecting a lot but I was pleasantly surprised. It achieved full coverage in only two coats and lived up to it's quick drying name. I was expecting something more peachy from the colour of the bottle but when applied on the nails it's more vivid and orangey, I can see why they named it sunset orange.
So I'll be going back to the cutting board now (Cutting board? Geddit? Haha)

Ta ta for now

Faybee x

London Nails

I spent all day Sunday in London meeting up with some friends. I had a brilliant time and they all admired my London themed nails :)


Left Hand:

Ring Finger: Barry M Cobalt Blue, China Glaze White on White and a Red Sharpie

Thumb: OPI What's With the Cattitude?, China Glaze White on White, Barry M Black, Barry M Grey and the brown colour is one I blended using a few browns in my collection. It's supposed to be Big Ben (in case you couldn't tell.)

All other nails: Barry M Cobalt Blue


Right Hand:

I don't recommend trying to cut corners and using a red sharpie instead of red nail varnish. It worked but even though I left it to try for about 15 minutes before I applied top coat it still smudged a bit.


Faybee x

Spotty Blue Manicure

This was inspired from a photo I spotted on fuckyeahprettynails. I can't seem to find it again so I can't show you it or give proper credit.

This was so difficult to photograph, my camera really hates neons.

I started with a base colour of China Glaze Towel Boy Toy (love it!) and sponged on China Glaze White on White onto the tips. Using a dotting tool I added dots of Towel Boy Toy down the white tips until they blended with the base colour.

In other news in the post today I received my first ever fimo canes that I bought off Ebay. Any hints or tips on how to use them best? I've been practising cutting them as thin as possible and ended up cutting off a chuck of my nail, oops! Luckily it was mostly my nail varnish and only a little bit of nail that suffered.



Faybee x

Tea and Cake Anyone?

This is my spotty teapot which inspired this design:

And what goes best with tea? Why cake of course!

That's my right hand and this is my left:

That's a cup of tea on my right finger in case you can't make it out. I was trying to angle my thumb so the teapot was pouring into the cup, lol.

I am calling this my shabby chic manicure.


Faybee x

OPI Catch Me in Your Net

Catch Me in Your Net is a sheer colour and I'm not a fan of Visible Nail Line so I started with a base colour of Diamond Cosmetics Metallic Blue because I think it coordinates with Catch Me and it has great coverage, this is just one coat:

I then used three coats of Catch Me in Your Net because I didn't want the base colour showing through too much and affecting the final colour. A water decal from Viva La Nails finished off this manicure. I love these water decal butterflies, I'm definitely going to get some more when I use them all up.

Topsy liked this colour too.

Faybee x

Lindsay Lohan Nails

These are the nails that Lindsay Lohan decided to wear to her recent court case

Not my image, stolen from somewhere on Google

and I decided to copy them, well to some extent:

I have to admit I like to believe I have more class than Lindsay Lohan so I left the obscenities off my middle nail and just stuck to the pretty pastel leopard print.

Faybee x



Edit: I forgot to add my method with this one which was a colour base of Barry M Matt White with China Glaze Pool Side, Towel Boy Toy and Models Own Tangerine Queen Sponged on top. Followed by Konad M57 in Konad Special Polish White.

I Have a Confession to Make

I am a Lush fangirl.

And here's the proof, my lush nails.


Left hand:

Thumb – Lush logo

Index – Creamy Candy

Middle – Dorothy

Ring – Tucca Tucca

Little – Glitterbug

Closeup of Glitterbug so you can see the glitter:

Right hand:

Thumb – The Comforter

Index – Ma Bar (this looks smudged but it's not. It was just the way the light hit it)

Middle – Happy Pill

Ring – Flosty Gritter

Little – Avobath


I'm glad I got that out of my system.


Faybee x

Purple Shininess

My favourite colour changes on a day to day basis. Today my favourite colour is purple.

I've been having a play with the Diamond Cosmetics nail varnishes that I got from Another Bottle of Polish and Pelican Peak Purple is my favourite.

That's Pelican Peak Purple for the base colour and designs from a fauxnad plate I got off EBay in OPI's Funky Dunkey. The purple rhinestones are from Viva La Nails and they're so bright in real life; they seem to glow they're so shiny!

Close-up of thumb:

What's your favourite colour today?


Faybee x

Viva La Nails

This is the contents of a sample pack I received from Viva La Nails. So this is a sneak preview of what to expect in the next few weeks ;)

The Sun Has Got His Hat On

The sun has got his hat on, hip-hip-hip-hooray

The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out today

Now we'll all be happy, hip-hip-hip-hooray

The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out today!

 

Base Colour: Collection 2000 Blue Hawaii
Clouds: M79 with Konad SP White
Sun: Barry M in Yellow, Block Orange and Black


Hope you've got nice weather where you're at!
Faybee x

Some Bad Pictures

Before I started blogging I still liked to keep record of my manicures but didn't take nice pictures of them. So here's a group of some bad pictures taken with my mobile phone.

Look how long my nails were in the first two pics! (bottom left) It was about a day after the grey leopard mani one of my nails snapped so the rest of them were cut to match. I hate it when my nails are uneven.


Faybee x

England vs USA

This wasn't supposed to be a football manicure at all, it was going to be polka dots. I painted my nails red this morning, I was going to Konad them when I got back from shopping but I guess I got caught world cup fever in the meantime ;)

The idea isn't my own; I stole part of it from My Nail Polish Addiction
And the England cup is from Tesco

The flag was done with a base colour of H&M Red Nail. The cross was done by blocking out the cross with sellotape and doing the rest with Barry M Matt White. I must say I'm surprised this worked. If I was going to do this mani in the first place I would have done white first, then red but actually the Matt White covered the red in just two coats, I'm impressed!


Faybee x

Hello Kitty

I do love a bit of Hello Kitty.

Hello

Kitty!

I started with a base colour of Nails Inc's warwick avenue which took about 5 coats to cover my nail line. I was surprised how translucent it was because it looks a lot thicker in the bottle.

Hello Kitty was stamped on in Konad SP in white and her bows were filled in using a dotting tool and Nails Inc's beaumont street.

A Rhinestone was added to embellish her bow on my thumbs and index fingers.

Faybee x